Cleaning device



W. H. ROSE.

CLEANING DEVICE.

APPLICATION HLED APR. 26. l922.

1,428,807, Patented Sept. 12, 1922.

Patented Sept. 12, 1922.

WILLIAM H. ROSE, 0F JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

CLEANING DEVICE.

Application filed April 26, 1922. Serial No. 556,663.

To-aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lVI IAM H. Rosa. a citizen of the United States,residing at Jersey City, county of Hudson, State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cleaning Devices, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for removing stains or spots fromcloth such as articles of wearing apparel and is of the general typedisclosed and claimed in my copending allowed application Ser. No.470,170 filed May 16, 1921. The objects had in view and the resultsaccomplished by this invention include simplicity of construction, amore compact arrangement of the necessary parts whereby less space willbe occupied in packing for shipment and whereby the attached parts willbe more securely held together and will not project from the device as awhole. in such positions as to be likely to be accidentally knocked ofl,and in which both caps face downward so that dust and foreign matterwill not collect in them by the action of gravity. The novel featureswill be more fully understood from the following description and claimstaken with the drawings. In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side View of a device embodyin r my invention with theoutlet closed, and

I ig. 2 is a vertical section through the device with the parts inposition for the discharge of the fluid content of the receptacle andits use in cleaning.

The container 10 may be made of any suitable form or material which willhold the liquid or fluid used for the purpose of cleaning fabric but ithas a screw threaded neck 11 provided with a central opening throughwhich fluid may be admitted to the receptacle or discharged from it. Inaddition to the container proper there is a movable element which isadapted to serve as a liquid-tight closure for the container in oneposition and in another adjustment to provide means for discharging thefluid in regulated quantities and applying it to the spot or stain onthe fabric by scrubbing action. It embodies a fluid delivery tube 12which has a closed end 13 and which has at its open end 14 a stiff brush15 in the path of the material discharged from the tube and in fixedposition thereon so that it may be used to apply the fluid to the fabricby a movement of the receptacle. A screw threaded cap 16 is rigidlysecured to the tube 12 along one side under its closed end 13, the baseof the cap being in contact with the lower side of the tube. Anysuitable means may be used to properly secure the cap and tube togetherand it will be noted by reference to Fig. 2 that there is an opening 17in the base of the cap 16 aligned with an opening 18 in the pipe 12whereby when cap 16 is in engagement with the neck 11 of the receptaclefluid may pass through the neck and into the pipe 12 and pass down tothe outlet end and the stiff brush. A second screw threaded cap 19 ispractically a duplicate of the cap 16 except that its base has noopening corresponding to opening 17 in cap 16 and this cap 19 is rigidlyconnected along its base to the pipe 12 immediately adjacent cap 16facing in the same direction and with the edges of the two caps incontact. This cap 19 when placed on the neck 11 of the receptacle andturned to position will form a liquid tight closure for the purpose ofshipment and when the device is not in use, the position of the partsbeing shown in Fig. 1. The abutting edges of the two caps 16 and 19 maybe connected together as by soldering, thus making the deviceconsiderably stronger as a whole.

The operation of the device will be obvious from what has been said. Itwill be noted that since both caps are on the same side of the pipe 12they extend below that pipe in next to the neck of the bottle andproject only to a minimum degree from the exterior of the receptacle andthus reduce very much the liability of being knocked off by accident.When they are connected together at their sides they furthermore make astronger structure and facing downward they will not collect dust andforeign matter in them interfering with proper closure and contaminatingthe fluid.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A cleaning device comprising in combination a receptacle for cleaningfluid having a projecting neck surrounding a discharge opening, a fluiddelivery tube closed at one end and having a stiff brush secured theretoat the other end in the path of fluid which is discharged, a cap adaptedto de tachably fit said projecting neck rigidly connected at its base tothe side of said tube near the closed end of said tube projectinglaterally therefrom, an opening being provided connecting the interiorof the cap and tube a second similar cap rigidly connected at its baseto said tube on the same side as and closely adjacent to said first capsaid lastmentioned cap being so constructed as to form a liquid tightclosure When in place on said neck.

2. A cleaning device comprising in combination a receptacle for cleaningfluid having a projecting neck surrounding a dis charge opening, a fluiddelivery tube closed at one end having a stiff brush secured there to atthe other end in the path of fluid Which is discharged, a cap adapted todetachably fit said projecting neck rigidly connected at its base to theside of said tube near the closed end of said tube projeotinglaterallytherefrom, an opening being provided connecting the interior of the capand tube, a second similar cap rigidly connected at its base to saidtube on the same side as and closely adjacent to said first cap saidlast mentioned cap being so constructed as to form a liquid tightclosure When in place on said neck, and said caps being provided withmatching screw threads and the adjacent sides of said caps beingconnected toether. In testimonywhereof I hereu to afiix my signature.

WILLIAM H. ROSE.

